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Eiger Dreams

by Jon Krakauer ...

Narrated by Jon Krakauer ...

Abridged

5 hours 33 min

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb.In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen of the world's most experienced ... Read more

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No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb.In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen of the world's most experienced
... Read more
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Thirty Below

The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali

by Cassidy Randall ...

Narrated by Amanda Dolan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

The gripping story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous pioneering ascent of Denali in 1970Cassidy Randall draws on extensive archival research and original interviews to tell an engrossing, edge-of-the-seat adventure story about a forgotten group of climbers who had the audacity to believe that women could walk alone in extraordinary and treacherous heights.Grace Hoeman dreamed ... Read more

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The gripping story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous pioneering ascent of Denali in 1970Cassidy Randall draws on extensive archival research and original interviews to tell an engrossing, edge-of-the-seat adventure story about a forgotten group of climbers who had the audacity to believe that women could walk alone in extraordinary and treacherous heights.Grace Hoeman dreamed
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Classic Krakauer

"Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays from the Vault

by Jon Krakauer ...

Narrated by Scott Brick ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA ... Read more

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Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA
... Read more
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The Push

A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits

by Tommy Caldwell ...

Narrated by Johnathan McClain ...

Unabridged

13 hours 27 min

**A New York Times BestsellerA dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan“The rarest of adventure reads: it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple yet unwavering resolve can turn adversity into reward.” ... Read more

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**A New York Times BestsellerA dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan“The rarest of adventure reads: it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple yet unwavering resolve can turn adversity into reward.”
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Touching The Void

by Joe Simpson ...

Narrated by Daniel Weyman, Andrew Wincott ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to ... Read more

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Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to
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Annapurna

A Woman’s Place

by Arlene Blum ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

Unabridged

10 hours

In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror ... Read more

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In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror
... Read more
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Beyond Possible

The inspirational autobiography of the celebrated mountaineer

by Nimsdai Purja ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

The brave and inspiring true story of renowned climber Nims Purja's mission to summit the fourteen highest peaks on Earth - as seen on Netflix.'Whether or not you are a lover of the mountains, you will marvel at his tenacity, his fearlessness. No one can fail to be inspired by what he achieved.' - The TimesFourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

The brave and inspiring true story of renowned climber Nims Purja's mission to summit the fourteen highest peaks on Earth - as seen on Netflix.'Whether or not you are a lover of the mountains, you will marvel at his tenacity, his fearlessness. No one can fail to be inspired by what he achieved.' - The TimesFourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the
... Read more
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The Climb

Tragic Ambitions on Everest

by Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt ...

Narrated by Lloyd James ...

Unabridged

9 hours 35 min

This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world—but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor leadership, bad decisions, and a blinding storm conspired to kill. ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world—but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor leadership, bad decisions, and a blinding storm conspired to kill.
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SOLO

What running across mountains taught me about life

by Jenny Tough ...

Narrated by Jenny Tough ...

Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love that SOLO is part-self help and part adventure story. Jenny shows us all that the journey to self-belief comes with just as many ups and downs as the ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love that SOLO is part-self help and part adventure story. Jenny shows us all that the journey to self-belief comes with just as many ups and downs as the
... Read more
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The Color of Everything

A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

by Cory Richards ...

Narrated by Cory Richards ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the early trauma that drove him to seek such heights.“An extraordinary memoir of mental illness that reads like a thriller.”—Amy Ellis Nutt, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Becoming Nicole“In order to escape madness, I will live madly. I will risk my life in order to save it.”Growing up in ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the early trauma that drove him to seek such heights.“An extraordinary memoir of mental illness that reads like a thriller.”—Amy Ellis Nutt, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Becoming Nicole“In order to escape madness, I will live madly. I will risk my life in order to save it.”Growing up in
... Read more
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The Climb

Tragic Ambitions on Everest

by Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt ...

Narrated by Richard M. Davidson, Nelson Runger ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

Read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev (portrayed by Ingvar Sigurðsson in the film Everest) and G. Weston DeWalt’s compelling account of those fateful events on Everest.In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women ... Read more

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Read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev (portrayed by Ingvar Sigurðsson in the film Everest) and G. Weston DeWalt’s compelling account of those fateful events on Everest.In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women
... Read more
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Shining Mountain, The

by Peter Boardman ...

Narrated by Stewart Crank ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

"It’s a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it’ll be the hardest thing that’s been done in the Himalayas."Thus spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unscaled West Wall of Changabang—the Shining Mountain—in 1976.Bonington’s was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially for a two-man, ... Read more

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"It’s a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it’ll be the hardest thing that’s been done in the Himalayas."Thus spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unscaled West Wall of Changabang—the Shining Mountain—in 1976.Bonington’s was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially for a two-man,
... Read more
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Training for the Uphill Athlete

A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers

by Steve House, Scott Johnston, Kilian Jornet ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Dovetailing on the success of Training for the New Alpinism and Patagonia's own emphasis on all mountain use, Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals.Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Dovetailing on the success of Training for the New Alpinism and Patagonia's own emphasis on all mountain use, Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals.Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet
... Read more
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Up

My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest

by Ben Fogle, Marina Fogle ...

Narrated by Ben Fogle, Marina Fogle ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest.Everest, the mountain of my childhood dreams. A mountain that has haunted me my whole life. A mountain I have seen hundreds of times in photographs and films but never in real life.In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest.Everest, the mountain of my childhood dreams. A mountain that has haunted me my whole life. A mountain I have seen hundreds of times in photographs and films but never in real life.In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on
... Read more
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Alone on the Wall, Expanded Edition

by Alex Honnold, David Roberts ...

Narrated by Andrew Eiden, Will Damron ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Includes two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National ParkOn June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite’s El Capitan―to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear―completing what was described as “the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport” (National ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Includes two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National ParkOn June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite’s El Capitan―to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear―completing what was described as “the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport” (National
... Read more
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On the Edge

Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments

by Alison Levine ...

Narrated by Alison Levine ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

One of the world's greatest mountain climbers and adventurers tells her first-hand leadership stories of coming to grips to life literally on the edge—8000 meters up."Irresistible ... offers amazing timely, practical lessons and authentic inspiration delivered with candor and spunk." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Tom Kolditz Professor Emeritus, U.S. Military Academy, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences & ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

One of the world's greatest mountain climbers and adventurers tells her first-hand leadership stories of coming to grips to life literally on the edge—8000 meters up."Irresistible ... offers amazing timely, practical lessons and authentic inspiration delivered with candor and spunk." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Tom Kolditz Professor Emeritus, U.S. Military Academy, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences &
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An Audio Bundle: Wild & Survive

by Jack London, Jack London, Evelyn Waugh, Norman Maclean, Redmond O’Hanlon, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson, Algernon Blackwood; Steven Callahan, Mark Twain, Virginia Reed Murphy, J. Ross Browne0, Lennard Bickel1, Richard Cunningham2, Herman Melville3, Daniel Zalewski4, Patrick O'Brian5 ...

Narrated by Albert Coia6, Richard Rohan7, Nick Sampson; Colleen Delany8, Nick Sampson9, Erik Synnestvedt0, Gary Telles1 ...

Series series An Audio Bundle
Unabridged

13 hours 12 min

. YALSA Award Winner - Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults · Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award Winner. The wilderness--forest, desert, glacier, jungle--has been the scene of the past century's most exciting stories, inspiring many of its greatest writers, including Jack London, Norman Maclean, Evelyn Waugh, Redmond O'Hanlon, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson and Algernon Blackwood. ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

. YALSA Award Winner - Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults · Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award Winner. The wilderness--forest, desert, glacier, jungle--has been the scene of the past century's most exciting stories, inspiring many of its greatest writers, including Jack London, Norman Maclean, Evelyn Waugh, Redmond O'Hanlon, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson and Algernon Blackwood.
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Ron Fawcett – Rock Athlete

The story of a climbing legend

by Ron Fawcett, Ed Douglas ...

Narrated by Dan Bottomley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureRon Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix.Ten years later, Fawcett was the most famous rock climber in Britain and ... Read more

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WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureRon Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix.Ten years later, Fawcett was the most famous rock climber in Britain and
... Read more
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The Race to the Top of the World

by Peter FitzSimons ...

Unabridged

20 hours

The epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hillary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest. A captivating story of adventure, daring, despair and triumph from Australia's favourite storyteller.Last century, two men, thirty years apart, set out to become the first to conquer the highest point in the world. Their names are synonymous with adventure - George Mallory and Edmund Hillary. ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

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The epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hillary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest. A captivating story of adventure, daring, despair and triumph from Australia's favourite storyteller.Last century, two men, thirty years apart, set out to become the first to conquer the highest point in the world. Their names are synonymous with adventure - George Mallory and Edmund Hillary.
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No Shortcuts to the Top

Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts ...

Narrated by Ed Viesturs ...

Abridged

5 hours 52 min

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to
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Uplifted

The Evolution of a Climbing Life

by Sonnie Trotter ...

Narrated by Sonnie Trotter ...

Series series Patagonia
Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

How is a person changed by commitment to their passion, and how does their commitment change over time? These are questions that esteemed climber Sonnie Trotter asks as he reflects on the most thrilling adventures of his sport and his life.2025 is Sonnie Trotter’s 30th year climbing. He’s been at the forefront of the sport for most of that time, specializing in first ascents on rock faces most ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

How is a person changed by commitment to their passion, and how does their commitment change over time? These are questions that esteemed climber Sonnie Trotter asks as he reflects on the most thrilling adventures of his sport and his life.2025 is Sonnie Trotter’s 30th year climbing. He’s been at the forefront of the sport for most of that time, specializing in first ascents on rock faces most
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Ascent

by Sir Chris Bonington ...

Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

Unabridged

15 hours 41 min

**'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet' The Times'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance' The Sunday Times**Chris Bonington is Britain’s best-known climber, having spent a lifetime among the world’s highest and wildest mountains.In the 1960s, he made the first British ascent of the north face of the Eiger. In the 1970s, he led ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

**'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet' The Times'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance' The Sunday Times**Chris Bonington is Britain’s best-known climber, having spent a lifetime among the world’s highest and wildest mountains.In the 1960s, he made the first British ascent of the north face of the Eiger. In the 1970s, he led
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On the Nose

A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite’s Most Iconic Climb

by Hans Florine, Jayme Moye ...

Narrated by Hans Florine ...

Unabridged

5 hours 37 min

Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that’s considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. Ascending the Nose takes most climbers anywhere from twelve to ninety-six hours. Florine, along with climbing partner Alex Honnold, does it in an astounding two and a half hours ... Read more

$32.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that’s considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. Ascending the Nose takes most climbers anywhere from twelve to ninety-six hours. Florine, along with climbing partner Alex Honnold, does it in an astounding two and a half hours
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One Man's Climb

A Journey of Trauma, Tragedy and Triumph on K2

by Adrian Hayes ...

Narrated by Adrian Hayes ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world’s most unpredictable and perilous mountain.Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meeres above sea level on the China–Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A ... Read more

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A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world’s most unpredictable and perilous mountain.Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meeres above sea level on the China–Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A
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